Prime Minister Balen Shah called on citizens to unite against corruption, misrule, delays, inequality and political malaise in a Vijaya Dashami greeting issued on Wednesday through Facebook. He said honest effort, determination and collective work were needed to address these problems, and stressed that social transformation would require changes in both people’s thinking and behaviour. Shah also said every citizen should feel that the government exists for them.
A call to confront social and political problems
Shah’s message placed the fight against corruption alongside a wider set of concerns, including misrule, delays and inequality. Rather than presenting these as separate matters, he urged citizens to come together to address the distortions affecting society. His appeal was for unity around a shared effort to improve public life.
The prime minister said tackling these problems would require honest work and determination. He also emphasised collective action, indicating that the task could not be achieved through words alone. The greeting therefore linked the call for unity with a demand for sustained effort from citizens working together to remove the problems he identified.
The message also described political malaise as one of the issues requiring attention. Shah’s appeal was not limited to a single form of misconduct or one area of public administration. By naming corruption, misrule, delays, inequality and political malaise together, he presented a broad challenge and urged a common response.
Transformation requires changes in thought and conduct
Shah stressed that change in society would require more than a shift in ideas. In his message, he said both thinking and behaviour must change for transformation to take place. The distinction makes the appeal two-sided: people must reconsider how they approach the problems around them, while also changing how they act.
His emphasis on honest effort, determination and collective work reinforced that point. The message framed transformation as a process that depends on commitment and action, rather than a result that can be achieved through intention alone. Shah’s call for citizens to unite was presented as part of that process, linking individual conduct with the wider goal of addressing social and political distortions.
The Vijaya Dashami greeting also connected the occasion with a message about the work needed to improve society. Shah used the holiday message to urge people to take part in confronting problems he said required collective attention. He did not describe a specific programme or set out particular measures in the message as summarised, but focused on the principles he said were necessary: honesty, determination, unity and changes in both thought and behaviour.
Government should be felt by every citizen
A central point in Shah’s message was that every citizen should feel that the government exists for them. The statement placed the relationship between government and citizens alongside his broader call to address misrule, delays and inequality. It set out the kind of connection he said people should experience, while linking that expectation to the need for transformation.
Taken together, the greeting called for a united effort against problems Shah identified in society and for a change in how people think and behave. His message combined a demand for collective action with an expectation that government should be experienced as serving all citizens. The prime minister delivered the appeal through Facebook on Wednesday as part of his Vijaya Dashami greeting.
